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May 03, 2018 ten days in a mad house is a nonfiction book i read that checked off a book over 100 years old in my reading challenge list. Nov 06, 2015 10 days in a mad house official trailer 1 2015 caroline barry, christopher lambert movie hd. Nellie bly may 5, 18641 january 27, 1922 was a pioneer woman in journalism. Caroline barry, christopher lambert movie hd in 1887, at age 23, reporter nellie bly, working. Nellie bly was the pen name of elizabeth jane cochrane who was an american journalist. Download or read ten days in a madhouse easyread comfort edition book by clicking button below to visit the book download website. Listen to this text help file info or download librivox ten days in a madhouse 1192682 ten days in a madhouse chapter i. Vividly written and gorgeously illustrated, the book brings fully to life a heroine of her time and ours. Ten days in a madhouse nellie bly 1864 1922 in 1887 nellie bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and stunt reporter, had herself committed to the blackwells island insane asylum in new york.
Librivox recording of ten days in a madhouse, by nellie bly read by alice in 1887 nellie bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and stunt reporter, had herself committed to the blackwells island insane asylum in new york. Through her wit she is able to get herself easily committed to. There are multiple format available for you to choose pdf, epub, doc. Jun 30, 2017 ten days in a madhouse provides insight into the mental health care system of the 1880s, recounting not only the ways patients were treated, but also some of the ways in which a sane woman may have found herself institutionalized. It was initially published as a series of articles for the new york world.
The book is a suspense novel about a family that receives a mysterious phone call and suddenly. Jan 17, 2017 ten days in a mad house is blys expose of the asylum. With caroline barry, christopher lambert, kelly lebrock, julia chantrey. Click download or read online button to get ten days in a madhouse book now. More importantly, thanks to this book, living conditions for the insane. Young nellie bly had ambitious goals, especially for a woman at the end of the nineteenth century, when the few female journalists were relegated to writing columns about cleaning or fashion. Written for joseph pulitzers new york world, blys account chronicles her ten days at blackwells island and, upon its publication, drew public attention to the abuse of the institutionalized and led to a grand jury investigation of the facility. Nellie blys ten days in a madhouse undercover reporting. Nellie took the terrifying task of posing as nellie borwn in an undercover assisment. Listen to ten days in a madhouse audiobook by nellie bly. Ten days in a madhouse was written by nellie bly, published in 1887, contains 95 pages. Ten days in a madhouse by nellie bly download link. The production was written and directed by timothy hines with consultation from one of blys modern biographers, brooke. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.
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